Improvement in combined hay loader and press



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J. A. SHULL. Combined Hay Loader and Press. No. 222,206. atented Dec. 2, 1879.

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Combined Hay Loader and Press. No. 222,206. F13 Patented Dec. 2,1879.

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' JOHN A. SHULL, or DUNUANNON, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED HAY LOADER AND PRESS;

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,206, dated December 2, 1879; application filed May 13, 1879;

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LJOHN A. SHULL, of

Duncannon, in the county of Perry and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements-in Combined Hay Loader andPressya'nd I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it pertains to make'and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form part of this specification.

. 'Myinvention relates to an improved hay. loader and press combined; and it consists in the arrangementand combination of parts,

that will bemore fully described hereinafter,

whereby the=hay is gathered up as it lies in the field, carried up and dropped into a hopper on top of the press, and is then baled as.

the machine is drawn along. I

Figures land 2 are side elevations'taken from opposite sides. Fig.3 isa vertical section of the same. F ig. 4 is an invertedview, and Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views. l

a represents a ,stout rectangular frame,

which is supported upon the two driving the top of thiselevjator is placed the cover f, [which prevents the hay from being blown away, and which enablesthe hay to be carried up more readily. Thelower end of this elevator is supported upon the two wheels g, and, in .connectionwiththe endless apron here -shown, there may be usedraketeeth, or'other similar devices if so preferred, for gathering the hay ready to be elevated; v

Between the hopper and baling-chamber are journaled the two corrugated rollers h i, the one h being held stationary against any end- .wise or lateralmovement, and made to revolve by a belt, j,which runs up from a pulley on one end of the axle, while the one i not only has a rotary motion, but is pushed against the other by the board 70 and spring 1. This board and spring, by keeping the .two

rollers pressed together, cause them to revolve in opposite directions, and thus force all of the hay which dropsupon them down into the chamber below, and at the sametiine allow the rollerz' to adjust itself to the amount of hay passing between them.

Projecting up through the bottom of the floor of the baling-chamber are the two cogwheels at, which are placed on the shaft 12, and which mesh with the two raeks' 0 on the front side of the follower g. This follower q closes one side of the baling-chamberwhile the. hay is being fed in to form a bale; but after it has been moved backward, shown in Fig. 3, and the bale formed, it closes the rear endof the chamber and leaves thefront end open. l

When it is desired to form a bale of the ha y in the balingchamber, the hand-lever p on the rear end of the machine is moved to one side, which causes the lever r under the machine to throw the double-ended clutch s, which moves back and forth on theaxle, into gear with the cog-wheel t. This wheel 'tturns loosely on the axle; but when in gear withthe clutch it turns with the axle and operates the shaft 00 and its two wheels in, through the wheel a, and thus forces the follower q, by means of the racks 0, backward, so as to com press the hay that was in the baling-chamber back against the hinged board o. Whilethis compression is taking place the 'beltj is moved outward upon the loose pulley 0 so as to stop the two rollers, and thus anymore hay is prevented from being fed downinto the'chamber, and hence the hay accumulates in the hopper until after the balef being formed is disposed of, when it is again fed into the chamber. l

' The forward motion of the machine causes the follower to be forced backward intothe position shown in Fig. 3, when the follower strikes against the slotted lever w, which is pivoted upon the frame and connected at its lower end by the link y with thecranked lever z, and this leverzis connected atits rear end,

by the rod 00, with the lever r, mamas the clutch 8 back and forth. As the follower strikes against the lever 20 it forces it backward, and through the intermediate parts throws the clutch out of gear, so asto inst-ant] y I stop the follower, when the lever cisbrought into play, so as to prevent the follower from moving forward, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

To move the follower q forward after the bale has been finished, the belt 1, which passes around pulleys 2 and 3, is brought into play, when the follower is moved back to the front end of the chamber again. The rollers h i are brought into action again, and the hay is again fed into the chamber.

After the follower q has been moved backward its full distance, as already described, so as to compress the hay against the hinged board '0, the bale has been compressed but one-half, and the follower 4 on top of the par tially-compressed bale is then brought into play by moving the double-ended clutch 8 into gear with the sprocket-wheel 5 on the axle. This wheel 5, through the chain 6, operates a similar wheel, 7, on the shaft 8, which shaft has a grooved pulley, 9, on each end.

Fastened to the under side of each end of the follower 4, and to each of these pulleys, is a rope or chain, a, which, as the shaft 8 is revolved, draws the follower 4 down upon the top of the already partially-formed bale, until the bale is compressed to any desired degree. In order to regulate the amount of this compression any suitable gage, like the one b, may be used.

When the long lever c, which is fastened to one side of the frame by the slotted hanger d, and the two pivoted dogs e, are moved endwise, so as to cause both of the dogs to engage with the ratchcts 9, one of which is on the end of the shaft 12, and the other on the shaft 8, both of the shafts are locked so that they cannot revolve. By this means both followers will be held rigidly in place, when the usual'wires or ties may be fastened around the bale. This done, the lever is moved so as to disengage the dogs from the ratchets, when the springf instantly draws the follower 4 upward. The rods h, which hold the pivoted board 12 in place, are then loosened, the board turned back, and the bale rolled off on the ground.

As the belt 1 and the cog-wheel z are only alternately brought into play, the belt is made so slack that it does not operate the pulleys, except when the tightener i is brought into play for that purpose.

On the outer side of the long lever 0 there is made a projection, 0, which catches in the slot in the lower end of the hanger d. The upper end of this hanger is fastened to a shaft, 'n, which has the tightener secured to its inner end. When the lever c is moved endwise so as to move the dogs out of contact with the pawls, this tightener is forced against the belt, and the belt is then made to move the follower q back into position again. When the lever is moved so as to make the dogs engage with the pawls, the tightener is moved away from the belt, and the shaft nis'rigidly locked in' as they may be slightly varied without depart- -in g from the spirit of my. invention.

Both of the driving-wheels are provided with ratchets in their hubs, so that the machine can be backed without operating the machine.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim- I 1. In a combined hay-loader and balingpress, the combination of an elevating device,

0, for raising the hay, a hopper, d, to receive the hay, and a feeding mechanism located'between the hopper and the baling-chamber, whereby the hay may be fed'into the chamber or allowed to accumulate inthe hopper, substantially as described. A

2. In a combined hay-loader and hidingpress, the combination of an elevator, c, ahopper, 0?, a baling-cl1a1nber,and the two followers q and 4, moving at right=angles to each other, each follower being provided with a mechanism for alternately bringing them into play, substantially as set forth.

3. In a combined hay loader and press,.the combination of the follower q, levers w, z, and r, and clutch s, with the lever c, doge, and ratchet g, wherebythefollower is thrown out of gear and locked in place, substantially as specified.

4. In a combined hay loader and press, the combination of the follower q,.a mechanism that isoperated by the forward motion of the machine for moving the followeragainst the hay, a mechanism tbr,auto matically throwing the clutch out of gear and stopping the follower, and a mechanismtbr'loekiiig.the follower in place, substantially as shown.

5. In a combined hay press and loader, the follower 4, moving at right angles to the one q, and provided with a mechanism for drawing it down upon the' bal'e after it has been partially formedpajnd-a' mechanism; for locking it in plate -substantially as described.

In testimony that-I claim the foregoingh have hereunto set my-h'and this-22d day of April, 1879.

JOHN A. SHUIZLU Witnesses W. S. D. HAINEs, J. W. GARNER. 

